3. Atlantic C o a s t a l Plains
Pacific C o a s t
Mountains
Atlantic C o a s t a l Plains
Includes Denver, CO
Includes Denver, CO
Includes
LA, CA
Interior
Plains
and Plateaus/ Basins
Appalachian
Mountains
Alaska
Hawaii
Gulf Coastal Plains
Includes Houston, TX

4. Great Lakes Created by glaciers melting
Canada
Shared by Canada and
The USA
Create waterways to facilitate trade routes
Recreation and tourism serve as important economic.
The St. Lawrence Seaway was completed in 1959 
USA

5. 9/11/01

6. (the oldest mountains in the US – eroded peaks)
Appalachian Mountains - home to
Mount Mitchell
(the oldest mountains in the US – eroded peaks)

7. Continental Divide The Continental Divide
The Rockies create a basin and cause
Rivers on the East side flow into the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
Rivers on the West side flow into the Pacific Ocean

9. Hawaii – islands made
from volcano skeletons, waterfalls, reefs and Polynesian culture,
USS Arizona Pearl Harbor Memorial

10. Alaska was purchased from Russia

11. Tallest Mountain in the USA
Mount McKinley
Tallest Mountain in the USA

12. Yukon River Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospecting to the Klondike region of north-western Canada in the Yukon region between 1896 and It's also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Last Great Gold Rush and the Alaska Gold Rush.